**EPA ICR No. 1198** 

**. 10** **; OMB Control No. 2070**

**- 0067** 

**ATTACHMENT 1**

**Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)**

**15 U.S.C. 2607**Sec. 2607. Reporting and retention of information

(a) Reports (1) The Administrator shall promulgate rules under which

- (A) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures

or processes or proposes to manufacture or process a chemical substance (other than chemical substance described in subparagraph (B)(ii)) shall maintain such records, and shall submit to the Administrator such reports, as the Administrator
may reasonably

require, and (B) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures or processes or proposes to manufacture or process

- (i) a mixture, or (ii) a chemical substance in small quantities (as defined by the Administrator by

r ule) solely

f or purposes ofscientific experimentation or analysis or chemical research on, or analysis of, such substance or another substance, including any such research or analysis for the development of a product, shall maintain records and submit to the Administrator reports but only to the extent the Administrator determines the maintenance ofrecords or submission ofreports, or both, is necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter. The Administrator may not require in a rule promulgated under this paragraph the maintenance of records or the submission of reports with respect to changes in the proportions ofthe components ofa mixture unless the Administrator finds that the maintenance ofsuch records or the submission ofsuch reports, or both, is necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter. For
purposes of the compilation of the list of chemical substances required under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator shall promulgate rules pursuant to this subsection not later than 180 days after January 1
, 1977. (2) The Administrator may require under paragraph (1) maintenance of records and reporting with respect to the following insofar as known to the person making the report or insofar as reasonably ascertainable: (A) The common or trade name, the chemical identity, and the molecular structure of each chemical substance or mixture for which such a report is required. (B) The categories or proposed categories of use of each such substance or mixture. (C) The total amount of each such substance and mixture manufactured or processed, reasonable estimates of the total amount to be manufactured or processed, the amount manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use, and reasonable estimates ofthe amount to be manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use or proposed categories of use. (D) A description ofthe by products resulting from the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of each such substance or mixture. (E) All existing data concerning the environmental and health effects of such substance or mixture.(F) The number of individuals exposed, and reasonable estimates ofthe number who will be exposed, to such substance or mixture in their places ofemploy ment and the duration of such exposure. (G) In the initial report under paragraph (1) on such substance or mixture, the

manner or method ofits disposal, and in any subsequent report on such substance

or mixture, any

change in such manner or method. To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall not require under paragraph (1), any reporting which is
unnecessary

or duplicative. (3) (A) (i) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a chemical substance to submit to the Administrator such information respecting the chemical substance as the Administrator may require for publication ofthe first list of chemical substances required by subsection (b) of this section. (ii) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a chemical substance or mixture

- (I) subject to a rule proposed or promulgated under section 2603, 2604(b)(4), or 2605 ofthis title, or an order in ef fect under section 2604(e) of this title, or (II) with respect to which relief has been granted pursuant to a civil action brought under section 2604 or 2606 ofthis title, to maintain such records on such substance or mixture, and to submit to the Administrator such reports on such substance or mixture, as the Administrator may

reasonably

require. A rule under this clause requiring reporting may require reporting with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph (2). (B) The Administrator, after consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall by r ule prescribe standards for determining the manufacturers and processors which qualify as small manufacturers and processors for purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (1).